Collar button



Feb. 8, 1927. H. HORWlTZ COLLAR BUTTON Filed May 19, 1 926 T a A WITNESSES INVENTOR- .HYMANHORPWZZ ATTORNEYS I-IYMAN nonwrrz', or

conLAn Application 'filed May 19,.

'This invention relates to collar buttons and comprehends a collar button of improved formation which is especially de signed for permanent attachmentto one end of the neckband of a shirt for engagement through a buttonhole in the opposite end and thence through the alined buttonholes of the overlapping .endsf'of a collar.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide an improved form of collar button which is so constructed as to elfectually perform its function and which, at the same time, eliminates the necessity of using detachable collar buttons and the objections and disadvantages incident thereto, such as the loss or misplacement of the same when needed and the necessity of changing detachable collar but- 7 tons from one shirt to another.

More specifically, the invention comprehends a permanently attached collar button which includes a substantially frusto-conical' shaped shank of increasing diameters from its inner connected end to its outer free end and formed on its upper portion with a notch which defines at theouter end an upwardly projecting retaining lip.

' The invention furthermore aims to provide a collar button which is extremely simr ple, inexpensive and efficient. 7

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had 'to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which there is exhibited certain examples or embodiments of the invention which are in no way intended as, limitations upon the scope of the appended claims as it is to be clearly understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of said claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

In the drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar button constructed in accordance with the invention attached to the neckband of a shirt; j

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale illustrating the same in buttoned relation on the neckband;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the button prior to its attachment to the shirt;

Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof a slightly modified adaptation of the invention.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the improved collar button includes a substantially frusto-conical shank BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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its reducedend with a base .1 1 apertur-edxat 12 to receive the stitching 13 forattachin'g the sametoone endof the ieckband A' of ashirt :B, thejopposite end of the-n-eckband having theusualbuttonhole C. The shank on its upper side is cut away'or notched at 14 between the base and the outer enlarged 'ree end to define an upstanding retaining lip 15, which when the free ends or overlap-' ping flaps are engaged thereover prevents accidental displacement from the shank in that the lip together with the flared or c0n- I I ical formation of the-shank necessitates a spreading of the buttonholes to dislodge the same. 1

In buttoning or engaging the buttonhole C in the neckband, or the buttonholes of the collar flaps or ends with the button shank, the upper edges of the buttonholes are initially passed over the upstanding lip 15 into the notches 14 and then the lower edges of the buttonholes are engaged over the remaining portion of the enlarged outer end of the shank, necessitating a stretching of the buttonholes, which due to theirtendency to return to anormal position tightly grip the shank toward the minor diameters thereof. bility of accidental displacement after engagement.

In the modified adaptation of the invention, the button includes a frusto-conical shank 16,formed with a substantially crescent-shaped upstanding lip 17 at its outer end and provided with axially extending openings 18 through which the threads or stitching is designed to pass. in effecting the attachment of the same to a shirt neckband,

it being, of course, understood that'the reduced inner end of the shank is drawninto This eliminates any possia flat engagement with the neckband. In

use the embodiment illustrated in Fig. t operates precisely as that described for the first form of the invention.

What is claimed is: j j

1. As a new article of manufacture, a col lar button including a substantially frusto-' conical shank presenting axially increasing diameters from its inner to its outer end and provided with a radially projecting retaining lip at oneside of its outer enlarged end. o

2. As a new article of manufacture, a collar button adapted for permanent attach ment to one end of the neckband of a shirt,

said button including a shank of gradually increasing diameters axially toward its out er enlarged end, and a radially projecting retaining lip at one side of its enlarged outer end.

3. A collar button adapted for permanent attachment to one end of the neckband of a shirt, including a shank insertable through a buttonhole at the opposite end of the neck band and through the buttonholes of the overlapping ends oifua collar, said button shank being of gradually increasing diameters from its inner attached end to its outer free end, and a radially projecting lip at one side of its outer end cooperating with the inwardly converging portions of the surface to prevent accidental displacement of the collar and neckband therefrom.

4. A collar button, including a shank of substantially frusto-cionical formation, an apertured base at the reduced end for attaching the same, and a notched portion between the base and the outer end defining a retaining lip projecting radially from one side of the outer end.

5. A collar button, comprising a substantially frusto-conical body having apertures extending axially therethrough for attaching the same by stitching, and a crescent shaped radially projecting integral retaining lip at one side of the enlarged end of the body.

HYMAN HORWIITZQ 

